Holyrood Secondary School is a Catholic secondary school in the south-side of Glasgow, Scotland. It is near Crosshill railway station, Hampden Park, A728 and the new, M74 motorway. Despite its size, Holyrood has historically been one of Scotland’s top-performing state schools and is renowned for its fundraising activities. The school has established a close partnership with Mary's Meals, which saw former depute head, Tony Begley, resign from his position to take up a new role as the education co-ordinator of this nonprofitable charity. The school has also been at the forefront of fundraising for Malawi as well as Mary's Meals which involves under 30 pupils travelling to areas close to Blantyre to reconstruct, renovate and build schools.
Many of its feeder schools have followed by example by incorporating Malawi into several aspects of the curriculum. Holyrood currently has 1968 pupils... S1: 388 S2: 386 S3: 354 S4: 353 S5: 321 S6: 166 The school was also featured as part of a BBC Documentary by Friel Kean films, airing in March 2012. The show, with a working title of "High School", followed pupils and staff in the current academic year. The three-parter was an instant success and has been deemed as an example of how excellent leadership skills can reflect on the overall presentation of a school.
Read more about Holyrood Secondary School: History, Facilities, Departments, Malawi Partnership, Admissions, Notable Former Pupils, Chaplaincy
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